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title: "Long-toed Lapwing"
description: "Vanellus crassirostris — Birds. The long-toed lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris), also known as the long-toed plover, is a species of wading bird in the lapwing subfamily, within the family Charadriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/long-toed-lapwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-toed Lapwing

> Vanellus crassirostris — Birds. The long-toed lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris), also known as the long-toed plover, is a species of wading bird in the lapwing subfamily, within the family Charadriidae.

- Scientific name: *Vanellus crassirostris*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 1227
- Wikidata: [Q686769](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q686769)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4862](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4862)

## Names

- en: Long-toed Lapwing
- de: Langzehenkiebitz
- es: Avefría palustre
- fr: Vanneau à ailes blanches
- nl: Langteenkievit
- pt: Abibe-de-faces-brancas
- pl: Czajka białolica

## Countries with the most observations

BW (317), KE (314), UG (216), TZ (127), NA (89), ZM (46), MW (28), RW (25), ZA (7), AO (4), MZ (4), ZW (3)

## Summary

The long-toed lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris), also known as the long-toed plover, is a species of wading bird in the lapwing subfamily, within the family Charadriidae. It is mainly sedentary and found across central and eastern Africa, from Chad and South Sudan in the north to Mozambique in the southeast of its range. It is one of 13 species of ground-nesting lapwings found in Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-toed_lapwing

## Photo

![Long-toed Lapwing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-toed-lapwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/315460823

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-toed-lapwing?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).